Santiago de Chile

Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Claudio Orrego, the Metropolitan Superintendent, and General Alejandro Ramirez Montalvo, the Chief of Police for the Eastern Zone, recently performed safety inspections for the traditional 18th September celebration […]

SANTIAGO – Chile’s public works ministry (MOP) has opened a section of the new Maipo road bridge south of Santiago. On Wednesday morning, Public Works Minister Alberto Undurraga inspected the west structure of the new […]

SANTIAGO – With Chile struggling to qualify for the World Cup, fans of star footballer Alexis Sanchez have launched a campaign against his girlfriend Mayte Rodriguez. A Facebook page has been set up titled: ‘March […]

Ricardo Gutiérrez Ballarín MADRID – There are indigent persons who exercise the begging as a profession and unashamedly, choosing specific large cities to show their rags. Some of them have posters that tell touching stories: […]

Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO- On Monday, a strike by Santiago taxi drivers against growing proliferation of Uber and Cabify saw the only route to the Aeropuerto Arturo Merino Benitez blocked, causing some to […]

SANTIAGO – The Chilean government has condemned in the strongest terms the recent nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling it a serious provocation and a threat to peace […]

Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – The Chilean population has grown by almost 15% in the last 15 years, reaching over 17 million inhabitants, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The first results […]

SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet’s entire economic team resigned Thursday, in a major blow to South America’s wealthiest and most stable nation just three months before key presidential election. Finance Minister Rodrigo Valdes, his deputy […]